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Deadline

Jul 2, 2024

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"Founded in 2007, The Westchester Review has spent more than a decade publishing established and emerging writers. We welcome submissions of original poems, stories, essays, and plays by writers wherever they reside."

"Founded in 2007, The Westchester Review has spent more than a decade publishing established and emerging writers. We welcome submissions of original poems, stories, essays, and plays by writers wherever they reside."

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Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

4 genres

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 5

We publish both free verse and poems that adhere to forms. To get a good idea of what we like to publish, be sure to read our online quarter...

Play

We will consider only 10-minute plays. Longer works will not be read.

Fiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Nonfiction

Max words: 5000

Max pieces: 1

Poetry

Min pieces: 3

Max pieces: 5

We publish both free verse and poems that adhere to forms. To get a good idea of what we like to publish, be sure to read our online quarter...

Play

We will consider only 10-minute plays. Longer works will not be read.

Statistics

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Track submission

19

Total submissions tracked

79 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

18 days

Fastest response time

113 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 1195 days

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Please include a cover letter that lists word count (for fiction and creative nonfiction) along with your name, address, phone number, and email address. If you have a connection to Westchester County, please note it in the applicable field in Submittable.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

one Word .doc or .docx file (please do not submit in a PDF format).

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2007 | United States

While we started as an annual print edition, in 2020, we transitioned to publishing quarterly online issues only and no longer publish print editions. Our readership has increased exponentially, and we now have international visibility. We welcome submissions from a diverse range of writers, including voices and perspectives that have historically been underrepresented in the literary sphere. We consider previously unpublished stories, creative nonfiction, poems, and ten-minute plays by writers wherever they reside. Westchester authors are spotlighted in every issue, but it is not necessary to have a Westchester connection to submit work to us.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Amy Ralston Seife

Editor-in-Chief

JoAnn Duncan Terdiman

Founder

Stephanie Kaplan Cohen

Founding Editor

Judith Naomi Fish

Founding Editor